#BD9EE2#BD9EE2

#BD9EE2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.101 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9EE2
RGB	rgb(189, 158, 226)
HSL	hsl(267, 54%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(267, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 30.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, 24.48, -30.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 38.84, 309.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% 0.0579 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.101 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.9379, 40.7637, 77.3322)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9EE2 #C3E29E

analogous

#9EA1E2 #BD9EE2 #DF9EE2

triadic

#BD9EE2 #E2BD9E #9EE2BD

tetradic

#BD9EE2 #E29EA1 #C3E29E #9EE2DF

square

#BD9EE2 #E29EA1 #C3E29E #9EE2DF

split-complementary

#BD9EE2 #E2DF9E #A1E29E

monochromatic

#7D40C6 #9D6FD4 #BD9EE2 #DDCDF0 #EFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BD9EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#BD9EE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9EE2

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9EE2	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91AAE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ABE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 158, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.101 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bbeb',
    500: '#bd9ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9ee2;
$custom-light: #d1bbeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.353,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75105,
    "c": 0.10109,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9EE2

secondary

#E6EFDC

accent

#C1247A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9EE2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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